Description

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Eggplant, Diamond (Organic)

Solanum melongena

• Organic
• Best Seller
• Excellent texture and flavor, rarely bitter
• Disease resistant
• Fruits grow up to 9 inches long
• Dark purple skin and pale green flesh
• From the Collection 1993
• Packet of 25 Seeds

This variety works for:

• Roasting
• Baking
• Grilling
• Stewing

To help the flesh of eggplant fruits hold up in dishes, roast them slightly before adding any sauces.

Some varieties of heirloom eggplant benefit from slicing the fruit and then salting, rinsing, and draining the water that emerges from the flesh. It is thought to remove bitter flavors and reduce the amount of oil or fat taken up by the fruit when it is cooked.

Eggplant is sometimes used as a meat substitute because of its texture and rich, complex flavor. It is very popular in Indian dishes like Baingan bharta and French dishes like ratatouille.

Learn To Grow It

Instructions – Start eggplant indoors 6-9 weeks before the average last frost. Soak seeds first to encourage germination and then sow ¼” deep. Using bottom heat for a week to 10 days will help with sprouting. Transplant when soil has warmed in a location that gets 8-10 hours of direct sun. If growing eggplant in raised beds or containers, keep the plants well watered.

• Start Indoors: 8 weeks before last frost
• Germination: 14 Days
• Plant Outdoors: 18-24” Apart
• Light: Full Sun